1. THERE IS A CLEAR FAVORITE.

2. HOSTS ARE, IN FACT, THE REASON YOU WAIT SO LONG.

If you're a walk-in, chances are you will be sitting in the lobby for a while until you're ushered to a table. However, some servers on Reddit noted that they have waited for guests to fill their empty tables on very busy nights. But a former hostess noted that the job is harder than it seems and it's very easy to be bad at it. "It's stressful (people in your face vs. sitting at a table) and you have to think on your feet and get creative with seating people sometimes," she wrote. "If the place takes reservations you have to balance walk ins with reservations and keep in mind reservations you have coming in later. Things can get hairy if you aren't constantly paying attention."

3. THE CHEESECAKES ARE PRE-MADE AND FROZEN.

They're made in a central, corporate-run kitchen and then frozen to be shipped to locations all over. "They take about an hour to two to defrost," one Redditor explained. "They leave them in the showcase all day so they are defrosting and staying chilled. Still taste amazing!" We have to agree.

4. THE MENU TAKES MONTHS TO FULLY LEARN.

Servers only get two weeks to memorize the basics but it typically takes a few months to become comfortable with the vast number of options. One server commented: "A year later and I still have questions some times but it's never looked down upon to ask questions."

5. EMPLOYEES ALSO VOLUNTEER IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Some locations give homeless and those in need a place to sit down and food to eat for Thanksgiving. At all locations, if you buy the Oreo Dream Extreme Cheesecake, 25 cents is donated to Feeding America.

6. SERVERS ACTUALLY DON'T MIND YOUR SUBSTITUTIONS.

If you're a general manager at the Cheesecake Factory, you're able to drive a company-leased BMW. And anyone who works at least 25 hours is offered full benefits—plus plenty of free cheesecake. Because duh.